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outlandish Admin 
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NOVEMBER 1, 2007 CONTACT: Kathryn Fernholz, 612-333-0430 Recreational Trail Planned for Aitkin and Itasca Counties PUBLIC INVITED TO KICK-OFF MEETINGS IN NOVEMBER Aitkin, MN – Approximately 70 miles of new ATV/OHV recreational trail segments are being planned in North-Central Minnesota. The plan is for the new segments to link existing trails and create a system that totals nearly 500 miles. “A nice big trail system like this will really give riders a place to go,” says Len Hardy of the All-Terrain Vehicle Association of Minnesota, and member of the Oversight Committee for the 70-Mile Trail Project. The trail system will eventually connect major recreation destinations from the Mille Lacs area, and the Big Sandy Lake area, and continue through to the Grand Rapids area. Communities along the potential trail corridor include McGrath, Lawler, McGregor, Palisade, Hill City, Warba, and more. “Linking these recreational hot spots just makes sense, “ says Brian Napstad, Aitkin County Board Member, and member of the Oversight Committee. The project was proposed by the Land Departments in Aitkin and Itasca Counties and is supported with state funding through the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. “This project is a real collaborative effort,” says Mark Jacobs, Aitkin County Land Commissioner. “The partners are working together to design a trail system that is environmentally sensitive, economically beneficial, and community supported.” To help with the design and development of the project, the project oversight committee includes 19 representatives from the region with diverse interests and backgrounds, including business owners, recreational trail users, and environmental interests. “The committee is here to make sure that the project gets done right,” says Steve Aysta, Itasca County Recreation Specialist and Committee Member. The committee has also approved a contract for project coordination services with Dovetail Partners, a non-profit forestry group based in Minneapolis, and Applied Ecological Services, an environmental consulting firm from Prior Lake, The public is invited to attend two project kick-off meetings on November 27th and 28th. The meetings will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 PM with the meeting on the 27th at the Warba Community Center and on the 28th at the McGregor Community Center. The meetings will include an introduction to the project and invite feedback and input as the planning moves forward. For more information, visit the project website at http://www.70MileTrail.net ### Thank you for your support of ATVing in Minnesota! http://www.atvam.org "Ride as if everyone is watching; Talk as if everyone is listening . . ."
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MN_ripper Member
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I gotta say I'm not for some of these spots there going to build trails. One of the spots there going to build a trial is one of my favorite places to ride, its a special place, a place that not alot of people know about besides locals. I think linking the three railroad grades is a very good idea but some of these smaller trails, I'm not looking forward to riding after there done. :( Last edited on Fri Apr 18th, 2008 04:29 pm by MN_ripper |
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outlandish Admin
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I think quite a few people felt the same way when they built the Gilbert Park http://www.irontrail.org/recreation/atv-ohv/ohv-park/
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cementhead1 Member 
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Mn Ripper if it's such a great place to ride I think you should help promote it instead of frowning on it????????????????????????????????/
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MN_ripper Member
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outlandish, I could totally understand that people would feel that way about the Gilbert Park. cementhead, I do want to promote it but then you'd have every yahoo up there, and that wouldnt be good because it would probably get closed, and were losing enough trails and freedoms as it is.
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Roofer Member
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That's exactly why we need more trails. The ambassador program will help out with the 'yahoos'.
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outlandish Admin
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Has the ambassador program actually helped in WI?
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Roofer Member
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I don't know? Or is that a sarcastic question? 
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outlandish Admin
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no sarcasm, just curious
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Roofer Member
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Ok, ya, I'm not for sure. I haven't ridden in Wisconsin yet, so I don't know.
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outlandish Admin
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You don't know what your missing! WI has beautiful trails and lots of them. I spend a lot of my ATVing money there. Minnesota should friggen pay attention to what they have in WI and maybe look at MN dollars being spent there because we have very little here....OK rant over
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Roofer Member
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Ya, you are right. They were a little better on getting the people to join clubs, get money together, and build the trails. What happened on a lot of our wetlands is what slowed it way down. It really sucks.
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MN_ripper Member
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One thing that I have to say about Wisconsin is that they have alot better soils then MN does. I've only rode in Danbury and its pretty much all sand, which makes for great tails. Where as in MN its mostly clay which sucks for making trails.
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